Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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